A revolution in cancer research is taking place and the world is starting to take notice. Utah’s Intermoutain Healthcare and famed genomic researcher, Dr. Lincoln Nadauld, who came to Intermountain Healthcare from Stanford University, are initiating a novel approach to the treatment of cancer by instituting personalized cancer medicine using cutting edge genetic sequencing technologies. This film tells the story of how this came to be the “Moonshot for the 21st Century” with Vice President Joe Biden leading the charge. Produced by Springdale’s Mayor Stan Smith.
Documentary Film Screening
Wednesday, October 19th at 7:00 pm
Canyon Community Center, 126 Lion Blvd, Springdale
Dr. Lincoln Nadauld
Double Helix
The goal of Cancer Moonshot is to double the rate of progress toward a cure – to make a decade of advances in cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care in five years.
Dr.’s Lincoln Nadauld, Derrick Haslem and Pravin Mishra along with a world-class team at Intermountain Healthcare Precision Genomics have initiated a novel approach to the treatment of cancer. By sequencing a patient’s DNA to find genetic mutations that are known to cause cancer, and then targeting the drugs accordingly.
Phil Tuckett is the executive director of DOCUTAH and Dixie State University Films. Director Stan Smith is the owner of Bumbleberry Inn and the mayor of Springdale. They have shadowed the work of the Intermountain Healthcare’s doctors and created an informative documentary.
“The driving force behind the making of this film for me was about giving patients and families hope. Very few people know what genomic research is, but when you explain to them what it can do and that it can give those suffering from cancer new hope, they go – wow!” according to Stan Smith. Tuckett agreed, stating, “It could be the very future of what brings cancer under control and it’s right here in our community.”
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Thank you to the Town of Springdale and the Canyon Community Center for supporting this film screening. |